The Batik Forest
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The cloths

Four cloths, three states

Batik from Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu and Johor. Open any cloth to see it whole, look into the wax lines, and read what each part of the pattern is.

  1. Batik with small red, blue and green flowers on a gold ground, a red border and a navy panel of leaf shapes 01 · Negeri Sembilan

    Rembau

    Flowers and curling vines on a gold ground, a red border, then a navy panel of stacked leaf shapes. Look closer
  2. Purple batik with blocks of white flowers and lattice 02 · Negeri Sembilan

    Purple Blooms

    White flowers and lattice blocks on a deep purple ground. Look closer
  3. Batik of a large red flower outlined in white lines, on gold and indigo 03 · Terengganu

    Red Bloom

    A single red flower outlined in white, washed with gold and set against indigo. Look closer
  4. Blue and green batik with rows of white flowers and dotted stems 04 · Johor

    Blue Garden

    White flowers strung with dots on a blue ground that drifts into green. Look closer